1991 Topps Desert Storm Baseball Questions...any SMEs on the board?

[ImPhil]

Sorry to revive an old thread here, but I'm wondering if anyone can help. I found my collection of DS cards that were given to me by a friend of my dads returning from DS. I was given 2 sealed boxes which, being 11 years old, I promptly opened, looked at once, put in to two storage boxes and forgot about for 25 years. Lol.

So now out of the 1,000 cards I started with I have around 800, making about 75% of a complete set.

Can anyone give me some advice on getting the rest of the commons I'm missing and what's the best way to get the set graded? Should I start with sending in the key cards I have, and then working my way down, or submit the set as a whole? Or is it even worth getting the commons graded?

I'm kind of lost on what to do here to maximize the value of my set and not having collected in 20 years, I'm kind of lost on what my next step(s) should be.

Thanks!

~Phil

Also, what's the best way to protect/store them until they get graded? 9 card sheets, individual protectors, something else??